Having a hard time finding a midwife" This could be why
Midwifery seemed like a natural fit for Maha Maryam. Growing up in Markham, Ont., she was surrounded by women supporting each other during pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. ?My mom always had her pregnant relatives over, especially as they got closer to delivery,? recalls Maryam. ?That is something I grew up seeing, how our culture handles pregnancy and childbirth.?
Almost 20 years later, Maryam is now in her third year of midwifery studies at Ryerson University and is convinced she made the right career decision. ?I love that midwifery emphasizes choice and information for pregnant people, and I love that we are able to work both in the health-care system and also in people?s homes,? she says.
Maryam, however, is one of a relatively small number of students able to study midwifery in Canada at all. Just seven schools offer four-year undergraduate midwifery degrees, admitting about 150 students in total. And snagging one of those limited seats is no easy feat. It requires a high GPA and an impressive extracurricular resumé. Many schools? admission processes include a series of in-person interviews. Even the biggest programs in the country admit only 30 students each per year. Maryam got into the Ryerson program on her first try, but she had already completed most of an undergraduate degree in the cognitive science of language at McMaster University, and she speaks three languages: English, Urdu and American sign language. ?Some people take up to five or six tries, and ...
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